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black and yellow warbler: S. vivens, black throated green 

 warbler: S. blackburnice, blackburnian warbler: S. castenea, 

 bay breasted warbler: S. striata, black-poll warbler: S. varia, 

 spotted warbler: S. pinus, pine warbler: S. formosa,* Ken- 

 tucky warbler: S. trichas, yellow throated warbler. Dacnis 

 verrnivora, worm-eating warbler: D. solitaria, blue winged 

 yellow warbler. Regulus calendulus, ruby-crowned wren: 

 H. cristatus, golden crested wren. Sialia Wilsonii, blue bird. 

 Bombycilla carolinensis, cedar-bird. Orpheus pollyglottus, 

 mockingbird: 0. rufus, ferruginus thrush : 0. felivox, cat- 

 bird. Turdus migratoiius, robin : T. mustelinus, wood thrush 

 T. minor, little hermit thrush : T. Wilsonii, Wilson's thrush.— 

 Pyranga rubra, black-winged red-bird. 



Family — fissikostres — Cuv. 



Hirundo purpurea, purple martin : H. rufa, barn swallow: 

 H. bicolor, white bellied swallow: H. rcparia, bank swallow: 

 H. Fulva,f clilF swallow. Cypselus pelasgias, chimney swal- 

 low. Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-will: C. Virginianus, 



night-hawk. 



Family — conirostres — Cuv. 



Sturnus ludovicianus, meadow lark. Icterus phoeniceus, 

 red-winged blackbird : I.Baltimore, oriolL>: I. spurius, orch- 

 ard oriole. Emberiza agripennis, bob-o-link : E.Americana, 

 black-throated bunting : E. nivalis, snow bunting. Spiza cy- 

 anea, indigo bird: S. Pennsylvanica, white-throated sparrow: 

 S. melodia, song sparrow: S. savanna, savannah sparrow : S, 

 graminea, grass sparrow: S. Canadensis, tree sparrow: S. so- 

 cialis, chipping sparrow: S. nivialis, common snow-bird. — 

 Carduelis tristis, American gold finch. Fringilla erythropthal- 

 ma, towee finch. Erythrospiza purpurea, purple finch. Gui- 

 racae cardinalis, cardinal grosbeak: G. ludovicianarosebrea-st- 

 ed grosbeak: G. ccerulea, J blue grosbeak. Pyrrhula enuclea- 



*l'his Sylvia, it is said, is not found east of the mountains. I _have scy- 

 eral specimens in my collection, procured here. 



-[■This species was first observed in this vicinity eight or ten years ago. — 

 They attached their singular and ingenious nest on the sides of the piers of 

 the Columbia bridge. 



^Bartxam, saw this bird near the city of Lancaster; it is seldom seen iii 



the Union. 



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